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April 2016

April 05, 2016

Coming out as an atheist: an experience worth recounting

Written in cursive is the admission I leave my fellow lads, That I have taken...

April 04, 2016

One Christian arrested, another jailed for abusing children

The principal of a Seventh-day Adventist Church Washington state, Douglas J Allison, 55, left, has been...

April 02, 2016

Father charged with killing his devoutly Christian gay son

Los Angeles police have charged a father with murder, accusing him of killing his son,...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Croatian priest vandalises 2,000-year-old Roman sundial

Milan Pavlek, inset, caused outrage among locals in Duga Resa, 65 km southwest of Zagreb, when he drilled...

March 30, 2016

Christian lunacy: baptisms at beach endangered kids' lives

Easter Monday saw 10-ft high waves crashing on beaches at the UK seaside resort of...

March 28, 2016

Sacked magistrate gets suspended by the NHS

Reacting to news that Richard Page, above, a Christian magistrate sacked after voicing his opposition...

March 28, 2016

Cameron the theocrat

Let’s take a look at the last few days in Atrocities Against Random People Going...

March 27, 2016

Gay actor too flamboyant for Easter Sunday parades

For years Ramón Fossati, above, has been adding a touch of flamboyance to his role...

March 26, 2016

Meet hypocrite of the Week: Governor Robert Bentley

If there aren't any red faces among members of the Christian Coalition of Alabama, then...

March 24, 2016

Anti-gay Bill could cost Georgia a fortune in lost revenue

If the Governor of the US state of Georgia, Nathan Deal, above, signs into law...

March 23, 2016

'Evil God' interview shortlisted for religious broadcasting prize

An RTE television interview in which the actor, writer and TV presenter Stephen Fry, above,...

March 22, 2016

'Loving and caring' pastor allegedly abused a young girl

Maine State Police have arrested youth pastor Lucas Savage, 37, above, and charged him with sexual...

March 21, 2016

Norway religion study makes for encouraging reading

The image above was taken tonight from a poll conducted by the Independent in a...

March 20, 2016

Lawsuit alleges that Christian charity misspent millions

The creator of a multinational Christian charity, K P Yohannan, above, and his cohorts alleged...

March 19, 2016

Church fined for noisy 3 am services to drive out demons

This YouTube video claims that 'Bishop' Climate Irungu (aka 'Dr' Climate Wiseman) 'sees the invisible,...

March 17, 2016

People who paid for prayers will have millions refunded

Seattle man Benjamin Rogovy, inset above, made millions running a 'pay to pray' website, but...

March 16, 2016

Tory plan could vastly increase religious influence in schools

Last Thursday, the British Humanist Association reported that, 'in further signs of the creeping influence...

March 13, 2016

Anti-gay adoption magistrate's sacking is 'deeply shocking'

The Christian Legal Centre's Chief Executive, Andrea Minichiello Williams, inset, has described the sacking of...

March 12, 2016

Nigerian president lashed out a staggering £8-million on prayer

When former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, above, faced a 'convert-to-Islam-or-resign' demand from the country's bloodthirsty...

March 12, 2016

Thanks to the Internet, banned gay music video becomes a hit

Last month Kenyan censors banned the country's first gay-themed music video – and the Streisand...

March 10, 2016

In Idaho, religious freedom trumps the welfare of children

Last June we reported that a petition had been launched, calling on Idaho Governor 'Butch'...

March 10, 2016

'Holy spirit' moment leaves pastor with clawed buttocks

South African Zion Christian Church 'prophet' Alec Ndiwane is recovering from what the Southern Daily...

March 09, 2016

Child-abuse missionaries jailed in separate American trials

Matthew Lane Durham, 21, above left, and Joseph Maurizio Jr, 71, have begun combined jail...

March 08, 2016

BBC caves into bigots over complaint against presenter

Despite a decision by UK broadcasting watchdog to take no action against BBC presenter Iain...

March 06, 2016

Time to derail this 'hate train'

The train line that inspired an Edwardian clergyman to write Thomas the Tank Engine is...

March 06, 2016

And on the first day, I was an atheist

This is the story of my not so spiritual journey. Let us begin with my...

March 04, 2016

New Texas 'family values' clerk has a lengthy criminal record

Using words like 'integrity’ and ‘family values’ in her bid to be elected the next...

March 03, 2016

UK gay couple have a Ugandan classroom named after them

UGANDAN tabloids are notorious for their lurid anti-gay headlines, such as the one above, but,...

March 01, 2016

'Family values' guys exposed in court as vicious wife-beaters

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, left, has lost a years-long battle with his own children...

February 2016

February 27, 2016

Buy a book like this and you risk knocking at Hell's door

The first commercially successful adult colouring books were published in 2012 and 2013. And, according...